June 28, 2007 – Precyse Solutions, a leader in health management information services and solutions, recently announced the expansion of its transcription and remote coding services to include Automated Speech Recognition (ASR).

The new ASR technology is built directly into Precyse’s workflow engine, making it transparent to the dictator, the transcriptionologist and the coder, while creating tremendous efficiencies and productivity improvements for the hospital.

June 28, 2007 - Medical imaging manufacturers are lobbying Congress to overturn Medicare cuts that took effect in January, which slashed Medicare reimbursements to doctors for performing X-rays, MRIs and other imaging exams.

Reimbursements to doctors for MRI scans, for example, have already decreased by 38 percent nationwide and are expected to save $2.8 billion over five years.

June 28, 2007 - Ramsoft Inc. and overseas partner iMedIT recently announced the installation of a complete PowerServer PACS solution at a number of international healthcare facilities in Turkey.

Instillations were completed at Maltepe University, Radiology Online, one of Turkey's largest ambulatory care chains, EuroMed and Dmar Imaging Center.

June 27, 2007 -- The Joint Commission has announced the 2008 National Patient Safety Goals and related Requirements for each of its accreditation programs and its Disease-Specific Care Certification Program.

The Goals and Requirements, recently approved by the Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners, apply to the nearly 15,000 Joint Commission-accredited and certified healthcare organizations and programs.

June 27, 2007 -- GE Healthcare’s Radiology and Vascular Ultrasound group and Medipattern Corp. are pleased to announce a five-year collaborative sales and development agreement for ultrasound-based Computer-Aided Detection (CAD).

The agreement is structured in two parts, enabling GE Healthcare to resell the current B-CAD product line, while collaboratively developing and customizing CAD for GE’s future solutions.

June 27, 2007 – Stating the nation's emergency care system is "teetering on the brink of collapse," emergency physicians shared examples of emergency departments that "remain woefully underfunded, understaffed, overcrowded and overwhelmed," while testifying before a congressional hearing focused on what the federal government has done since the release of the landmark "The Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System" Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports one year ago.

June 27, 2007 – Recent news stories have highlighted the increased incidences of hospital-acquired infections, including those spread by hand-to-hand contact and other sources. EquipSystems’ recently commissioned study revealed that dangerous levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria live on high-traffic equipment such as stretchers, tray tables and clinical recliners. The study found significant amounts of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE), yeast and fungi on these surfaces.

June 27, 2007 - The University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and Royal Philips Electronics have developed a computer aided diagnosis system for neurodegenerative diseases to support clinicians in diagnosing the onset and type of disease as early as possible, and the tool is set to undergo clinical evaluation at UKE to fine-tune the its ability to detect and differentiate the three most common types of neurodegenerative disease – Alzheimer’s Disease, Lewy-body Dementia and Frontotemporal Dementia.

June 27, 2007 - Imaging Diagnostic Systems Inc. announced the release and publication of select results highlighting the advantages of using CT laser breast imaging as an adjunct to conventional mammography to improve detection of occult cancers in dense breasts.

"These CTLM results are being released as a response to the growing number of requests for performance statistics received from distributors and prospective customers worldwide. The results were obtained from our initial PMA-designed clinical study," commented Tim Hansen, IMDS Chief Executive Officer.

June 27, 2007 - Eizo Nanao Corp. of Japan and Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) (Nuremberg, Germany) have announced an agreement in which Eizo will acquire Siemens’ medical monitor business. As part of the agreement Eizo will gain approximately 130 employees and the operations in Karlsruhe, Germany, in addition to business-related employees in the U.S., France and China. The transaction is subject to approval of the relevant authorities and is expected to be completed during the 2007 calendar year.

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